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It believes that technology from Le Mans will transfer to the road more quickly

We are just a few months away from finally seeing the new Porsche LMP1 prototype testing on the track after years of teasing from the company. It has already announced that Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard will be two of the car's drivers and it...

Problems for Rosberg and Alonso

Sebastian Vettel drove away at the front of the Bahrain Grand Prix to win by nine seconds after some early-race fights with Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg. Both Lotus drivers put in strong performances to move up to second and third. Kimi Raikko...

Three drivers receive penalty

Nico Rosberg brought the Mercedes team its first back-to-back pole position since 2009 when the team was still Brawn GP. The conditions at the Sakhir circuit did not really change between sessions, which kept times consistent in all three sessions...

Team is ailing and needs a Perez to do better

McLaren is putting pressure on Sergio Perez to perform better. The Mexican driver has struggled this season with only one finish in the points, compared to two from his teammate Jenson Button. Perez has also only made it into Q3 once this season, ...

ALMS goes to California and F1 moves to Bahrain

It is a slightly lighter weekend for racing this week. The American Le Mans Series goes to the streets of Long Beach, California, and Formula 1 heads to Bahrain.  American Le Mans Series This is the first real race of the ALMS season....

Series already has calendar and tire supplier for next year

Renault Chief Operating Officer Carlos Tavares has expressed interest in participating in the Formula E series possibly as soon as 2014.  "Formula E is something that we are looking at very closely. It's very probable to say that...

Chinese upgrades did not improve the car enough

The big news out of McLaren last week is that its upgrade package for the MP4-28 would be enough to put it into contention to race at the top of the grid, and while it appears to have been some improvement, it was not as much as the team wanted. N...

One obstacle is the engine

Audi Motorsport Director Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich had admitted that Audi is in the planning stages of entering a Daytona Prototype into the 2014 United SportsCar Racing series, which unifies the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Se...

Bianchi is a Ferrari Driver Academy member

Rookie Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi has friends is very high places. Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali believes that Bianchi is having a "great season" at Marussia. "The first three races, he has had incredible pace wi...

Will begin testing car later this year

Porsche has announced that Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas will be two of the drivers for its 2014 LMP1 car. The duo will begin testing the new prototype later this year. Porsche did not announce who the third driver for Le Mans will be.  ...